RBCT Chapter 164 A Battle With Ten Times The Enemy
Chapter 164 A Battle With Ten Times The Enemy
"Bacteria are out!" Zuo Gaoming suddenly shouted in surprise.
Tao Miaochun and Lu Chengen came over instantly and looked at Zuo Gaoming's dozens of petri dishes with wary expressions.
"Where is it?" Song He also ran to look.
"Here!" Zuo Gaoming picked up a petri dish. In the yellowish medium, a yellow millet-like colony emerged in the corner. It was small and cute.
Tao Miaochun and Lu Chengen looked at each other and sighed slightly.
Taught his apprentices to starve to death, Zuo Gaoming's ability to grow bacteria has always been the best in the laboratory, even faster than the professors, making them feel like a hero in his twilight years.
The first colony appeared, and it only took a matter of minutes to gather three colonies.
It seems that this short competition is a foregone conclusion!
The professors sighed, but Zuo Gaoming was so happy that he almost danced!
He lay down and excitedly explored other petri dishes with his naked eyes. As long as he found two more colonies, he could claim credit from Professor Ma!
"Is this a colony? Just a small one?" Song He wondered.
Zuo Gaoming showed a winner's smile, "Of course it counts! If you don't believe me, ask Professor Ma."
Song He looked back, and the old man in the wheelchair nodded slightly.
"The appearance of colonies that are visible to the naked eye means that a powerful bacterium defeats other bacteria and occupies the nearby living space, followed by explosive growth!" Professor Ma explained, "So the criterion is visible to the naked eye."
"In that case, I have already won." Song He said.
Everyone looked at him.
"My petri dish is full of millet-sized colonies," Song He explained. "I thought it would have to be larger, and only if one of the colonies occupies the entire petri dish."
The smile on Zuo Gaoming's face froze and he rushed over to see Song He's petri dish.
The next second, he was completely dumbfounded, and his whole body turned to stone in front of the experimental table!
Song He's dozens of petri dishes are quite lively, with dense colonies of small bacteria emerging, as numerous as millet porridge!
Even each colony has a different color, and they are colorfully gathered together. The most fancy petri dish actually produced colonies of more than ten different colors!
Zuo Gaoming's three views collapsed!
Usually, it is difficult for multiple bacterial colonies to appear in a small petri dish at the same time. Because bacteria compete with each other, they must first kill off all the other fungi in the site before they can gradually multiply into colonies.
Occasionally there are evenly matched fungi, and two or three species coexist in a petri dish, which is extremely difficult and tests the farmer's ability.
Now, Song He's petri dishes are all fancy, and more than a dozen bacterial colonies are growing explosively!
"Are you the God of Fungi?" Zuo Gaoming couldn't help but complain about Song He.
Tao Miaochun and Lu Chengen also squeezed over to take a look, and were equally shocked.
"How is this possible?" Tao Miaochun couldn't believe it. "A dozen powerful bacteria can be produced in one petri dish?"
"We take soil from the same bag, and how can we raise it so differently?" Lu Chengen was confused.
Song He smiled but said nothing.
He knew in his heart that the effect of blooming all kinds of bacteria was entirely due to the rapid growth of fungi spray.
The fast-growing spray speeds up the growth of all bacteria, so different strains of bacteria multiply quickly before they can kill each other.
If nothing else happens, these colonies will then break out into a life-and-death melee, and in the end there will still be a situation where one bacterium dominates.
Others raise bacteria by killing first and then reproducing, but he raises bacteria by reproducing first and then killing. The growth rate is different, and the effect is completely different!
"There is a dojo in a snail shell!" Professor Ma glanced at Song He, staring deeply at him.
His old hands gently tapped the armrest of the wheelchair and said quietly:
"Using a stimulating formula to induce the explosive growth of fungi can form a petri dish of multiple colonies early."
"This requires a thorough understanding of the native environment of fungi, proficiency in the subtle characteristics of different culture media, mysterious intuition, and luck that is better than ordinary people."
"In all these years, I have only met three people who know this skill, and you are the fourth."
The graduate students in the laboratory were stunned and looked at Song He blankly.
Several graduate students who were cultivating bacteria looked down at their petri dishes silently, lost in thought.
Song He was praised so much that he was about to say thank you when Professor Ma raised his hand and blocked his words from the air.
"Bacteria cultivation is a basic skill. It is good to have a solid basic skill, but basic skills are just the beginning. Don't get carried away!" Professor Ma said.
"Yes!" Song He replied simply.
He understood the temper of the old man in the wheelchair and didn't like unnecessary nonsense. A military-style short answer was most suitable.
"What are you going to do next?" Professor Ma asked.
"Continue to cultivate strong bacteria and find strains that can secrete antibiotics!" Song He replied.
"How to find it?"
"Observe with a microscope!" Song He said, "Observe the activities of all powerful bacteria and determine which ones can secrete antibiotics and which ones win by other means."
"Observation under a microscope? Not one of a thousand powerful bacteria can secrete antibiotics. How many retinas do you have to observe one by one?" Professor Ma's face darkened, "You will spend the rest of your life staring at the microscope?"
Song He was a little at a loss.
"How many ways can strong bacteria win?" Professor Ma knocked on his wheelchair.
"Two types," Song He said, "One is to eat up all the nutrients in the petri dish and starve other bacteria to death. The other is to actively attack other bacteria and kill them directly."
After saying that, Song He's eyes lit up and he suddenly understood something.
"I understand, Professor! You can introduce the fastest-eating competitive bacteria into the culture medium to fight against the soil bacteria!"
"If the soil bacteria only eat nutrients and cannot eat the competing bacteria, they will eventually become extinct, and a large colony will appear where the competing bacteria dominate!"
"Only soil bacteria that can secrete antibiotics can kill competing bacteria, and eventually a new bacterial colony will appear!"
Professor Ma nodded slightly. He understood it with just a few clicks, and the kid can teach it.
He has asked many students the same question. Some are as quick to respond as Song He, while others are dull and slow.
All students who respond quickly will in all likelihood become prominent experts in academia.
"Which competing bacteria should I choose?" Professor Ma asked.
"Engineering bacteria No. 18!" Song He answered instantly.
"Why?"
"In terms of feeding and reproduction speed, Escherichia coli ranks first in nature! My improved Engineering Bacteria No. 18 is 10 times faster than ordinary Escherichia coli!"
"Using Engineering Bacteria No. 18 as a competitive strain can speed up the screening as fast as possible!"
"Very good, what about the specific operation?" Professor Ma's eyes became brighter and brighter.
"I plan to introduce competing bacteria and soil bacteria at both ends of the petri dish. Initially, there will be enough food on both sides, but the competing bacteria eat and multiply quickly, and will quickly and aggressively kill to the other end."
"If there are antibiotic bacteria to resist, they can turn the tables. If not, the competing bacteria will dominate the petri dish!"
"Let's get started!" Professor Ma nodded, "Zuo Gaoming, you will be Song He's assistant!"
Zuo Gaoming nodded immediately, "Yes!"
He was not dissatisfied at all when he was suddenly assigned to be an assistant to his junior classmate, but was looking forward to it.
A week ago, he completely looked down upon the high school students from Jinghai No. 4 Middle School.
A week later, he still looked down upon other high school students, but his view of Song He, an outlier, completely changed.
Song He is better than other graduate students in terms of knowledge reserves, diligence, thinking comprehension, and practical ability. He is a terrifying hexagon warrior!
Zuo Gaoming doesn't feel disadvantaged by following such a strong man.
Last week, he followed Song He and improved several types of engineering bacteria. He enjoyed the feeling of being extremely efficient at work!
"Okay! The lab is divided into two teams!"
"Song He team, the members are Song He and Zuo Gaoming. College team, the members are professors and other classmates."
Professor Ma patted the armrest of his wheelchair and said, half jokingly and half seriously, "Let's compete and see which team makes progress first!"
The graduate students chuckled. This team was too shameless. The two teams were dozens to one, and the college team was definitely winning. How could there be any suspense?
"Come on Brother Zuo!" Song He patted Zuo Gaoming on the shoulder, "Try to win this week!"
Zuo Gaoming was stunned, then he laughed and said, "You really want to compete? We are inseparable. They have a large number of people, and we can win the first place against ten? We are not Ip Man."
"Actually, I can win on my own without you, but with you, I can go faster." Song He sighed, "Today, Monday, before weekend night, I have to see new antibiotics, it's very stressful!"
Zuo Gaoming only thought he was joking, so he also joked, "Develop new antibiotics in a week, right? This glorious achievement has been achieved, and I will be remembered in history with you! Maybe you will have to open a separate page for me in the genealogy."
"Why does it have to be a week?" Zuo Gaoming asked.
"I have to go back to review for the midterm exam next week!" Song He said seriously, "Although the research and development of antibiotics is awesome, I can't let go of the grade ranking! A true academic god has no weaknesses!"